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Democratic representative for Massachusetts’s 7th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Pressley votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Pressley’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Pressley votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Pressley’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+72.0% | 93.0% | -6.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Pressley vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: No | support | No |  | 97.6% | -97.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.7% | -78.7 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: No | support | No | | 100.0% | -100.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.8% | -92.8 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 22, 2021 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: No | support | No | | 100.0% | -100.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ayanna Pressley's Vote: No | support | No | | 97.3% | -97.3 |
| Average | 93.0% | 99.7% | -6.7 | |||
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